Antibody responses and opsonic activity in sera of preterm neonates with coagulase-negative staphylococcal septicemia and the effect of the administration of fresh frozen plasma

Pediatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 645-651

  Krediet, Tannette G ^a   Beurskens, Frank J M ^b   Van Dijk, Hans ^b   Gerards, Leo J ^b   Fleer, Andre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; COMPLEMENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OPSONIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031968484     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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